High Protein Biscuits. (Cookies)

I made these with breakfast on the run or fuel before rugby training in mind.

Here's the recipe.

1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup wholemeal spelt flour
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup chia seeds
1 tsp cinnamon

1 Tbsp date puree
2 Tbsp coconut oil
1/4 c agave syrup
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp soy milk
1 egg
1 cup of cranberries


Mix dry ingredients together, then mix wet ingredients together, fold together. Spoon onto oven tray lined with baking paper . Bake at 180 deg C for 10 to 15 mins.

These are yummy and not to sweet.

Makes 20 biscuits.

Everything Free Breakfast Cereal.

I have made some wonderful cereal, even I do say so myself.

I made it with 3 different flours but no wheat, coconut sugar, coconut oil, oats, fruits, nuts and seeds.

I made some little nuggets, baked them til crisp, then made up the cereal part and toasted it lightly, cooled everything, added cranberries and goji berries. Mixed it all very well.

It is very high in protein, anti oxidants and omega 3.

It is Low GI, sugar free, wheat free, dairy free.

It tastes amazing and I did a costing of it and a serve worked out to be cheaper than a lot of fruit and nut muesli on the market, more expensive than plain puffed rice or flake cereals. Similar price to sugar cooked popular cereals. Without naming names.

It costs $1 per serve.

It will serve our family very well, it is filling so our son will get probably the most benefit from this aspect, as it will keep him fuller for longer.

Homemade Jerky.

Both my teenage children love jerky, and given it is protein what better snack for them to eat.

However it is very expensive to buy in packets, and contains all sorts of preservatives too.

Tim thought about and investigated how to make our own. So some time later 2 kgs of flank steak turned into 850g of jerky. We made teriyaki flavoured jerky, which included coconut sugar to keep it Low GI and it tastes amazing.

Got the seal of approval from both of the kids!

It is hard to photograph to even begin to make it look edible, but trust me it is very yummy.

It works out to be about 1/3 of the cost to make our own. We have a ceramic charcoal fueled covered cooker that we used to dry it out. At 70 deg Cel for about 6 hours.
It will keep for up to 6 months, but I think that is a joke in this house!

Market Vegetables

Today we went to the local market to buy some veges. They are at the Riccarton Race Course, here in Christchurch. The setting is very beautiful under rows of trees, and this morning was a brisk autumn morning, and a very pleasant way to start the day.

The vegetables on offer are mostly locally grown and a very wide selection is available. The market has a mix of antiques, fruit and veges, imported goods from around the world, hand crafts and local artisan delectables.
There is a wide range of food caravans and stalls too. My favourite being the Dutch donuts and coffee.

I only bought veges today, and the ones pictured below only cost me $12.50. A very good quality cheap supply of seasonal veges indeed. I worked out that if I had bought them at the local supermarket they would have cost at least $30, if not more.

We are nearing the end of lettuce, capsicum and eggplant. So it's nice to make the most of the tail of the season.

One stall owner told me that last week he ran out of lettuces and couldn't sell any leeks, but with the change in the weather in the last couple of days, the leeks were flying out the door and he had plenty of lettuces. Amazing how quickly we look to warm comforting food as the weather patterns change to the cooler.

It is important that we support our local producers.

Beef Tortillas

George and I made Masa tortillas for dinner last night. They were amazingly good. We used the Masa flour to make them, they are so easy.

2 cups Masa flour
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 tsp salt

Mix together to form a dough. Roll into balls. Should be tacky to touch. Roll the balls out thinly between wax paper so they don't stick to the rolling pin or bench.We made them small and got about 18 tortillas.
We fried them on a skillet on top of the gas hobs.Keep warm until you serve or reheat slightly in the microwave.

I used rump steak sliced finely, then marinated in the following mix for about 1/2 an hour or so.

4 cloves of garlic crushed
1 chilli finely sliced
1 tsp cumin
S & P
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tsp cider vinegar
1/2 tsp coconut sugar
1 Tbsp olive oil.

You could vary the spices to your taste. Stir fry steak and serve hot.

I sliced lettuce, grated carrot, diced tomato and guacamole and chilli sauce. Add whatever takes your fancy as you make your own tortillas.

These are Wheat free, dairy free and sugar free. Ideal dinner for George. Masa Tortillas are Low GI too. So a win all round for me to cook.They are very fresh and yummy.

Love This!

Posted on "The Farmacy" facebook page. I absolutely agree!

Easter baking.

We have always baked Easter buns on Good Friday in our family, and given we are back in the South Island, and have our family near by, my sister and I decided to have afternoon tea. Well it could have been morning coffee but with all the yeast to rise etc it ended up later in the day.

I made a cinnamon and sugar scroll pull apart, I made it traditionally, however next time I will have a go at changing out flours,sugars etc.It was all to hard this time around. 

The result was a very light tasty treat indeed. It certainly is a lot of fluffing around with all the time to rise at different stages. 

At least it's only once a year. My sister made traditional Hot Cross Buns.

End result was a very happy family with some traditional tasty homemade treats.